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• catalog abstract "In the late 1970s the first English translation of the Coptic texts discovered in Egypt in 1945, which came to be known as the Nag Hammadi Library, profoundly changed the world's understanding of Christianity. Now with the publication of Gnosis on the Silk Road - a never before published collection of extraordinary texts from the Gnostic tradition in Central Asia - renowned scholar and author Hans-Joachim Klimkeit has provided a unique Eastern companion text to that important work. This first-ever English translation of the major Gnostic texts from Asia is a vital discovery that reveals a new expression of Christianity as it blended with the mystical religions of Turkey, Persia, Central Asia, and even China. Klimkeit presents an astonishing collection of parables, hymns, narratives, and prayers that unveil a major Christian movement primarily founded by the prophet Mani, who merged Gnostic Christianity with the radical religious dualism of Persian religion and Zoroaster. As the movement spread along the Silk Road from Turkey to Asia, it adopted prominent features from Hinduism, Buddhism, and other Asian faiths. The result was a Christian philosophy and practice that was much closer to the mystical, meditative religions of the East. Like the Western Gnosticism reflected in the Nag Hammadi Library, this Eastern Gnosticism was condemned as heresy by orthodox Christianity, and only today with the opening up of the former Soviet Union and the increased awareness of the importance of the Silk Road has the world been given a chance to learn from this radically different approach to Christianity.".
• catalog contributor b4808326.
• catalog coverage "Asia, Central Religion.".
• catalog created "c1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "c1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
• catalog description "Diverse liturgical texts -- Prayers, invocations, and incantations -- An index of Parthian hymns -- Parables -- Historical texts -- Prose texts on cosmogony and cosmology -- Prose texts on eschatology -- Texts on the soul and salvation -- Letters and admonitions -- Postscripts -- Turkish texts : Hymns to Mani -- General hymns and prayers -- Confessions -- Parables and narratives -- Texts on Jesus, Mani, and the Gods -- Cosmological texts -- Texts on man and his salvation -- Texts on the Manichaean community and Manichaean kingship -- Historical texts -- Letters and poscripts.".
• catalog description "In the late 1970s the first English translation of the Coptic texts discovered in Egypt in 1945, which came to be known as the Nag Hammadi Library, profoundly changed the world's understanding of Christianity. Now with the publication of Gnosis on the Silk Road - a never before published collection of extraordinary texts from the Gnostic tradition in Central Asia - renowned scholar and author Hans-Joachim Klimkeit has provided a unique Eastern companion text to that important work.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-395).".
• catalog description "Introduction : Mani and Manichaeism -- Iranian texts : Hymns to the Father of Light -- Hymns on cosmogony and eschatology -- Hymns to the Living Soul -- Hymns to the Third Messenger -- Hymns to Jesus the Splendor -- Hymns and liturgical texts about Jesus the Messiah -- Texts on the Twelve Dominions of Light -- Hymns to Mani and individual Church leaders -- Hymns for the Church hierarchy and Church dignitaries -- Verses from Parthian hymn cycles -- Miscellaneous verse texts -- A book of prayer and confession.".
• catalog description "Klimkeit presents an astonishing collection of parables, hymns, narratives, and prayers that unveil a major Christian movement primarily founded by the prophet Mani, who merged Gnostic Christianity with the radical religious dualism of Persian religion and Zoroaster. As the movement spread along the Silk Road from Turkey to Asia, it adopted prominent features from Hinduism, Buddhism, and other Asian faiths.".
• catalog description "The result was a Christian philosophy and practice that was much closer to the mystical, meditative religions of the East. Like the Western Gnosticism reflected in the Nag Hammadi Library, this Eastern Gnosticism was condemned as heresy by orthodox Christianity, and only today with the opening up of the former Soviet Union and the increased awareness of the importance of the Silk Road has the world been given a chance to learn from this radically different approach to Christianity.".
• catalog description "This first-ever English translation of the major Gnostic texts from Asia is a vital discovery that reveals a new expression of Christianity as it blended with the mystical religions of Turkey, Persia, Central Asia, and even China.".
• catalog extent "xx, 405 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Gnosis on the Silk Road.".
• catalog identifier "0060645865 (alk. paper) :".
• catalog isFormatOf "Gnosis on the Silk Road.".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "c1993.".
• catalog language "eng iratur".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "[San Francisco, Calif.] : HarperSanFrancisco,".
• catalog relation "Gnosis on the Silk Road.".
• catalog spatial "Asia, Central Religion.".
• catalog spatial "Asia, Central.".
• catalog subject "299/.932/0958 20".
• catalog subject "BT1410 .G66 1993".
• catalog subject "Manichaeism Asia, Central.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Diverse liturgical texts -- Prayers, invocations, and incantations -- An index of Parthian hymns -- Parables -- Historical texts -- Prose texts on cosmogony and cosmology -- Prose texts on eschatology -- Texts on the soul and salvation -- Letters and admonitions -- Postscripts -- Turkish texts : Hymns to Mani -- General hymns and prayers -- Confessions -- Parables and narratives -- Texts on Jesus, Mani, and the Gods -- Cosmological texts -- Texts on man and his salvation -- Texts on the Manichaean community and Manichaean kingship -- Historical texts -- Letters and poscripts.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : Mani and Manichaeism -- Iranian texts : Hymns to the Father of Light -- Hymns on cosmogony and eschatology -- Hymns to the Living Soul -- Hymns to the Third Messenger -- Hymns to Jesus the Splendor -- Hymns and liturgical texts about Jesus the Messiah -- Texts on the Twelve Dominions of Light -- Hymns to Mani and individual Church leaders -- Hymns for the Church hierarchy and Church dignitaries -- Verses from Parthian hymn cycles -- Miscellaneous verse texts -- A book of prayer and confession.".
• catalog title "Gnosis on the Silk Road : Gnostic texts from Central Asia / translated & presented by Hans-Joachim Klimkeit.".
• catalog type "text".